''Environmental Sciences Europe'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of environmental science. It was established in 1989 as ''Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung'' (German for ''Environmental Science and Pollution Research''), obtaining its current name in 2011. It is published by

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and the

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is Henner Hollert ( RWTH Aachen University). Since 2011, the journal has been open access.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 5.481, ranking it 79th out of 279 journals in the category "Environmental Sciences".

Controversies

In June 2014 ESE republished the retracted paper in question in the

Séralini affair The Séralini affair was the controversy surrounding the publication, retraction, and republication of a journal article by French molecular biologist Gilles-Éric Séralini. First published by ''Food and Chemical Toxicology '' in September 2 ...

, which had been originally published in

Food and Chemical Toxicology ''Food and Chemical Toxicology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering aspects of food safety, chemical safety, and other aspects of consumer product safety. It is published by Elsevier and was established in 1963. The editor-in-chief is ...

in September 2012 and then retracted in November 2013.

References

External links

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